I remember when this picture was taken but can not remember why we were together in Rapid City. It may have been Roxanne's wedding but not sure. Regardless much time has passed and everyone is still looking good today.
I got a call from Mary S last night. She said, in Deb B opinion, Grandma Saunders' health is declining rapidly. She has a couple of sores which makes her want to stay in bed and then her hip gives her pain. She pretty much does not eat so that is not a good sign. Mary said she would keep me informed. My prayer is that God will be merciful. Grandma, at this point, can see nothing and she is just waiting to see Grandpa in heaven.
Terry has a 2 minute appt for her implant tooth today. She has the post and it needs to be looked at to make sure all is healing. I think it will then be 5 weeks until she can get fitted for the tooth. Oh my, I am glad she only needs one as this is a MANY appt deal and a lot of time. I say nothing about the $$ involved!
I put Cannon Falls weather on my phone as that is where Servant Camp is this week. It looks like they got about half an inch of rain yesterday/last night. It looks like most of the next few days should be OK with a chance of rain on Wednesday. Rain is NOT the ideal thing for camp but if it is not too much camp can go on as usual. I think Terry and I will go out Thursday AM for a couple of hours.
In terms of house projects I was in neutral yesterday. Not a good thing but what the heck!
I missed my Bentley ride yesterday so will get out early today for a ride. Darn, I wish Bentley was not so easy to ride as I do not have to work hard at riding. Oh, right, I could go farther I suppose.
It is camp week so I could share a camp story.
It is 1996 and we have about 350 campers with 75 staff. We have a 6th grade bike trip out of camp. A 9th grade boys canoe trip out of camp. A 9th grade girls canoe trip out of camp. The girls are going on the Cannon River for a 2 night trip. The adults who drive the girls to the starting place are not aware that we received several inches of rain the night before. They arrive at the river where they are scheduled to start from and they believe something is wrong as they do not recognize the spot. Only later do we figure out that the river had risen about a foot over night! All the girls get in the canoes and start down the river, there are about 5 canoes. The water is fast and some of the girls are not great at canoeing but all seems fine. After about 4 hours on the water they start to look for where they are to camp not realizing that with the risen water they did not see their camp spot and are already past it! All of a sudden one canoe capsizes and a girl goes under. She does come up and is able to hang on to the canoe but another canoe goes into mid stream and is hung up on a downed tree with one of the girls in it. As all this is happening people who drive by see what is happening and call 911. All the girls finally get to shore down stream from where the canoe is hung up in the middle of the river with the girl in it! Two girls get in a canoe and paddle UP stream to get her and all is fine. By that time it is getting dark and the fire department from Northfield has arrived to take the girls in to town. All is good but everyone is praising God that all are safe. The story made the 10:00 news and TV camp out the next day. A side story is the canoe remained stuck in the middle of the river. We were told that we must pay for it if we do not bring it back and we know that as the water goes down it will most likely come free and go over the dam where it will be destroyed. A father and son go out 3 days later to get it. They launch their canoe down stream where there is a place to launch boats and they can NOT paddle up stream to get the canoe as the current is too strong. Finally they find a place up stream from the canoe and are able to get it. REMEMBER 3 DAYS EARLIER 2 YOUNG TEENAGE GIRLS PADDLED UP STREAM TO RESCUE THE GIRL IN THE CANOE. The entire situation fit right into our saying of "IT WAS A GOD TIME".
No it is 6:50 and Bentley time "for sure". I am think the FP will fuel my ride as I am down to the last drop.
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